ShipRocked: Life on the Waves with Radio Caroline
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\ Library JournalAs a young Irishman in 1987, Conway, today a presenter on Dublin radio, began his first stint on the Ross Revenge, the home of Radio Caroline, a British pirate radio station that originally started broadcasting during the 1960s. Because of strict restrictions on British radio, pirate radio ships transmitted their musically eclectic, noncommercial form of radio from international waters to reach a passionate and devoted following of listeners. Through tales of the collapse of the main radio tower during a storm and subsequent efforts to get back on the air, eluding the authorities, and the concealment of a fire from a visiting BBC interview crew, Conway's evocatively written memoir is animated and engaging as it describes how he became a seasoned news reader and presenter in an often isolated environment, working with a fiercely dedicated group of people. VERDICT Fluidly written and idiosyncratic, this portrayal of what would be a dream job for many a media, music, or maritime enthusiast may be buoyed when the Richard Curtis film The Boat That Rocked, a fictional account of a pirate radio ship, comes out this August.—Jim Collins, Morristown-Morris Twp. P.L., NJ\ \
